Silver print probably printed 1980s. Signed in ink in the lower margin. Matted and framed.

Christie's, New York, Photographs, 6 October 2011, lot 160

Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Images à la sauvette", Paris, Verve, n° 27, 1952, ill.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson: photographer, Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1979, ill. p. 17
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The early work, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1987, ill. p. 89
De qui s'agit-il ? Henri Cartier-Bresson, exhib. cat., Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallimard, 2003, ill. p. 60
Agnès Sire, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook, Photographs 1932-1946, London, Thames & Hudson, 2006, pl. 1
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The modern century, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2010, ill. p. 90

This silver print is in overall excellent condition. Edges and corners hidden by the mount.
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